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Hi guys, welcome to my contest prep log! I'll try to make this fun...
I just hit level 45 at the end of last year and needed to do some adventuring. I decided to go after the 2018 NPC Emerald Cup up here in the Pacific North West. I tried to take on this beast last year solo but failed so this time I'm not fucking around: I have formed a full party of teammates to help me conquer this monster! I finally realized bodybuilding is a team sport.
A little history of my bodybuilding and competition: I have been "bodybuilding" since I read Arnold's book at 15 (I started working on Nautilus machines at 12).
I never had the urge to compete until I met my wife at age 36, together we did the Nevada State Bodybuilding show in 2009, the Las Vegas Classic in 2010 (got married in Vegas after the show), and the Tahoe Show in 2011.
It's important to note that I took about ten years off of bodybuilding from 25 to 35, I worked out, but I also did a lot of distance running. I was my biggest (a fairly lean 250lbs) when I was 25 years old and when I went back to bodybuilding at 35, I was only 170lbs (just recovering from biceps surgery). I did my first show about a year later at 198lbs. A year after that I did my second show at 212lbs, and at 39 I was back to my full 250lbs and competed at 225lbs (I wasn't very lean...).
After this show, I really scaled back my bodybuilding program and focused on health. For the last 3-4 years I have been in the 210lbs range.
Two years ago I moved to Washington state and last year I tried to do a short prep for the 2017 Emerald Cup. About a month out from the show I pulled out and had elective shoulder surgery to remove two large "floating bodies" that were swimming around in there and tearing stuff up, recovery was very short (two weeks).
Which brings us to the present contest prep: At the beginning of 2018 I was weighing about 210lbs, on 10mg/day TRT, and eating 4 meals per day. I was 16 weeks out from the contest at this point when I decided I was doing it.
This time I wanted to do it differently, I always did everything in my prep myself, I thought bodybuilding was an individual sport. It not, it's a team sport. It was at this point that I made one of the best decisions of my bodybuilding life: I decided to hire Shelby Starnes to help me with my contest prep. We started about 15 and a half weeks out and it's not easy but I'll show you guys these pics:
I'm currently 4 weeks out and will post current pics and more info in this thread soon.
I just hit level 45 at the end of last year and needed to do some adventuring. I decided to go after the 2018 NPC Emerald Cup up here in the Pacific North West. I tried to take on this beast last year solo but failed so this time I'm not fucking around: I have formed a full party of teammates to help me conquer this monster! I finally realized bodybuilding is a team sport.
A little history of my bodybuilding and competition: I have been "bodybuilding" since I read Arnold's book at 15 (I started working on Nautilus machines at 12).
I never had the urge to compete until I met my wife at age 36, together we did the Nevada State Bodybuilding show in 2009, the Las Vegas Classic in 2010 (got married in Vegas after the show), and the Tahoe Show in 2011.
It's important to note that I took about ten years off of bodybuilding from 25 to 35, I worked out, but I also did a lot of distance running. I was my biggest (a fairly lean 250lbs) when I was 25 years old and when I went back to bodybuilding at 35, I was only 170lbs (just recovering from biceps surgery). I did my first show about a year later at 198lbs. A year after that I did my second show at 212lbs, and at 39 I was back to my full 250lbs and competed at 225lbs (I wasn't very lean...).
After this show, I really scaled back my bodybuilding program and focused on health. For the last 3-4 years I have been in the 210lbs range.
Two years ago I moved to Washington state and last year I tried to do a short prep for the 2017 Emerald Cup. About a month out from the show I pulled out and had elective shoulder surgery to remove two large "floating bodies" that were swimming around in there and tearing stuff up, recovery was very short (two weeks).
Which brings us to the present contest prep: At the beginning of 2018 I was weighing about 210lbs, on 10mg/day TRT, and eating 4 meals per day. I was 16 weeks out from the contest at this point when I decided I was doing it.
This time I wanted to do it differently, I always did everything in my prep myself, I thought bodybuilding was an individual sport. It not, it's a team sport. It was at this point that I made one of the best decisions of my bodybuilding life: I decided to hire Shelby Starnes to help me with my contest prep. We started about 15 and a half weeks out and it's not easy but I'll show you guys these pics:
I'm currently 4 weeks out and will post current pics and more info in this thread soon.